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Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies. - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
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Title: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Release Date: 25 Dec 1976

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Braun Entertainment Group, Filmel, L.C.L. Industries

Production Companies: Braun Entertainment Group, Filmel, L.C.L. Industries

Overview: Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7 (319 votes)

Cast

  • Rynn Jacobs: Jodie Foster
  • Frank Hallet: Martin Sheen
  • Mrs. Cora Hallet: Alexis Smith
  • Officer Ron Miglioriti: Mort Shuman
  • Mario Podesta: Scott Jacoby
  • Town Hall Clerk: Dorothy Davis
  • Bank Manager: Clesson Goodhue
  • Bank Clerk: Hubert Noël
  • Bank Clerk: Jacques Famery
  • Teller: Mary Morter
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